Notes: Found these two employment cards on Ancestry.com. I knew Dad worked at Letchworth, but these confirm his dates there and his pay rate ($150 a month/$1800 annual in 1946; higher pay in summer 1947).

According to Wikipedia: "Letchworth Village was a residential institution located in Rockland County, New York, in the hamlet of Thiells built for the physically and mentally disabled of all ages, from the newborn to the elderly." [Letchworth Village was later to develop very bad image for residential treatment.]

The "Rule VIII-9" employment refers to a New York State's civil service law exemption from examination for certain temporary and casual employment.

Although these cards show that he worked there after First Year (1947), Mom's memoirs (below) suggest that he continued working there other summers.

"EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY LETCHWORTH VILLAGE CHAPTER THE ASSOCIATION OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES"

1. March 1946 issue.

Mr. James H. Meissner, social worker, resigned and left Feb. 16 to accept a position in the chemistry field at Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River.

Replacing Mr. Meissner is Mr. Henry K. Silberman of NYC, a native of Breslau (Germany), who started as social worker on Feb. 15. After finishing his undergraduate education, he left Germany in 1933 and studied medicine in Italy (University of Rome Medical School) and in Switzerland. In 1940 he came to the United States. He was drafted in Feb., 1914, and served with the Medical Department of the Army in Florida. He then became Italian language instructor at Cornell University for the Army Specialized Training Program. He went overseas in Feb. 1944, and served with the Military Government in England, Belgium and Germany. He was commisioned a lieutenant, USA, in the Medical Administration Corps, in the field, and later assigned to duty with the Control Council in Berlin. He returned to the States shortly before Christmas. His wife is Dr. Alice Joseph Silberman, psychiatrist at Rockland State Hospital.

2. August 1947 issue (3 clippings). Clearly the first was work, while the other would appear to be days off.

The program for the July 13 concert shows that they heard:

SUITE NO. 1 IN C MAJOR FOR ORCHESTRA,

BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 6 IN B-FLAT MAJOR

CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MINOR FOR TWO CLAVIERS AND ORCHESTRA

CONCERTO NO. 2 IN C MAJOR FOR TWO CLAVIERS AND STRING ORCHESTRA

BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 1 IN F MAJOR